The Board has granted payment or reimbursement for unauthorized medical expenses incurred at John T. Mather Hospital and provided by Dr. K.A.P. on June 24, 2019 due to the Veteran's service-connected conditions and the fact that VA facilities were not feasibly available.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no prior authorization for the non-VA medical care and that a VA facility was not feasibly available, thus granting payment or reimbursement under 38 U.S.C. § 1725.
- Claimed conditions
- bullous and acantholytic dermatitis, malaria, recurrent dislocation of the left patella
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 25, 2023
- Citation
- A23037219
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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